Near a sideline crowded with excited spectators a football player wearing a white jersey dives and grabs the legs of a player wearing dark jersey #82, who is beginning to fall forward with the football tucked against his chest. The stadium in the...

Color woodblock print from the series Chiyoda No Ooku Series (Court Ladies of the Chiyoda Palace). One triptych of 20 in the series. Artist's seal on print. Toyoharu Chikanobu, also known as Yoshu, was a painter of bijin (beautiful women) and a...

Preparations for a performance of Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) at Weimar Hoftheater. A delightful representation of the frenetic activities behind the scenes before the start of a performance. The male members of the cast gather in their own...